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April 22, 2014
More Vendors Sign On For Eleuthera Business Outlook

More vendors have signed on to sell their products at this week?s 2nd Annual Eleuthera Business Outlook (EBO)...

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April 26, 2013
Cape Eleuthera Hosts Symposium on Tourism and Costal Development

Eleuthera, Bahamas: The Island School at Cape Eleuthera hosted a Symposium on Tourism and Costal Development. The pioneering event was organized out of the collaborative efforts of the Cape Eleuthera Institute, the Kinship Conservation Fellows, One Eleuthera Foundation and partners.

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April 17, 2013
One Eleuthera Foundation to celebrate Earth Day weekend with partners at Ocean Hole Park

ELEUTHERA, Bahamas -- The One Eleuthera Foundation and its partners are gearing up to host a weekend of events honoring Earth Day with the guiding theme "A Celebration of Earth & Partnerships". Festivities will commence on Thursday, April 25th with the Inaugural Eleuthera Business Outlook hosted...

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February 15, 2013
Fire Destroys Family?s home In Wemyss Bight, Eleuthera

Eleuthera, Bahamas ? On Valentine?s Day 2013, sadly a young couple and their infant
child lost their home to a fire in Wemyss Bight, Eleuthera but escaped without injury.

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January 10, 2013
Torres Offers Direct Flights To Eleuthera

A New Orleans developer in the Family Islands will offer daily service from Florida to Eleuthera shortly after his $30 million labor of love is completed in March. Sidney Torres IV, owner of the Cove Eleuthera Resort, has set aside a Hawker 800 XP and Falcon 50 as part of a special amenity package for guests.

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November 27, 2012
Remarks for Groundbreaking - French Leave Marina Village

I am so pleased to be here in the historic and picturesque township of Governor?s Harbour, in the centre of the beautiful Island of Eleuthera, for the official ground-breaking of the first phase of the French Leave Marina Village, which will comprise a hotel and residential community, located on the magnificent rolling hills, with breath-taking views of the harbour, bay, and the iconic setting of ...

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November 27, 2012
Ground Broken On French Leave Resort

Developers officially broke ground on a $12 million development on Eleuthera yesterday, signaling the start of what Prime Minister Perry Christie believes will be a turnaround for the island's struggling economy.

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November 20, 2012
Eleuthera receives first ever GGYA Awards

Harbour Island, Eleuthera -- Eleven students from North Eleuthera High and 14 from Harbour Island All Age School made history as the first batch of participants on the island to receive Bronze from the Governor General's Youth Award.

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October 31, 2012
Investigation launched into death of Eleuthera woman during Hurricane Sandy

NASSAU, The Bahamas ? The Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a resident of Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera during Hurricane Sandy, the Minister of Health Dr Perry Gomez announced Tuesday October 30, 2012.

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April 26, 2012
Rock Sound Rally Remarks - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham

Rock Sound;
Central & South Eleuthera;
FNMs:

I have just come from spending the afternoon in Mangrove Cay and The Bluff, Andros. They are fired up and ready to join the red wave that has covered all of North Andros. I told them I was coming to Rock Sound to hail some old friends and to welcome some new ones who have joined with us to make history and send Howard Johnson to the House of Asse...

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March 26, 2012
PM Introduces the Heritage Tourism Initiative

Eleuthera, March 24th, 2012 ?Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham joined candidate Howard Johnson to open the Central and South Eleuthera constituency headquarters.

Speaking from the Family Island named after freedom, Ingraham took the opportunity to introduce the Heritage Tourism Initiative, a new programme to be initiated under his next administration.

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November 25, 2011
Norman Alexander Alec Sands, 56

Funeral service for Norman Alexander "Alec" Sands, 56 yrs., a resident of Rock Sound, Eleuthera, who died on 11th November, 2011, will be held at St. Luke's Anglican Church, Rock Sound, Eleuthera, on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Officiating will be Fr. Shazz Turnquest, assisted by Cathecist Harrison Horton.

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Albert McKinney, 75
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September 01, 2011
Albert McKinney, 75

Funeral Service for Albert McKinney age 75 affectionetely called "Power" of Deep Creek Eleuthera , and formerly of Bannerman Town Eleuthera, who died Aug, 11th at the Princess Margaret Hospital.

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August 27, 2011
Eleuthera residents pick up pieces after Irene

Eloise Thompson sat under a tree outside her Palmetto Point home with her daughter and grandchildren to escape the summer heat yesterday, a day after Hurricane Irene slammed into Eleuthera and tore off part of the house.

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June 03, 2009
Works Minister inspects roads in the Current, Eleuthera

Public Works and Transport Minister Neko Grant and a team of Ministry officials inspected road works in the Current, Eleuthera during a visit on Thursday, May 28, 2009. Minister Grant said the inspection was done to ensure that the Government is receiving ?quality work for expenditure.? He said the Ministry has some ?concerns? regarding the road paving in that settlement and in Harbour Island and ...

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February 13, 2020
URCA’s Pop-Up Offices and Town Meeting return to Eleuthera

Following a series of successful pop-up meetings on Grand Bahama Island in December and January, the Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA), is returning to the island this month and will also take its message of stakeholder engagement and consumer protection for all Bahamians to the island of Eleuthera...

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July 12, 2022
New water supply crisis hits Central Eleuthera

FAMILIES in Central Eleuthera face summer misery as a new water crisis could potentially hit their homes.

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August 13, 2021
North Eleuthera airport to get 400,000 temporary terminal

Director of Aviation Algernon Cargill explained yesterday that in the next few weeks, Eleuthera’s busiest airport will begin to erect a $400,000 temporary building that will allow it to expand the amount of people the existing terminal can accommodate, as the island’s tourism continues to increa

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December 22, 2011
Rotaract Club of Eleuthera celebrates the spirit of giving at Tarpum Bay Library

ELEUTHERA, Bahamas -- The Rotaract Club of Eleuthera partnered with the Tarpum Bay Library in their 4th Annual Christmas Party for the children of Tarpum Bay and surrounding settlements.?

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June 04, 2011
South Eleuthera hopes to connect RO water system for sustainability

A $600,000 investment in a South Eleuthera Reverse Osmosis and Desalination Processing and storage plant has the island's representatives hoping to connect the water systems to ensure sustainability.? The plant is designed as a modular system to accommodate expansion and add additional facilities to increase the supply, once the demand increases.? ?????

"The size of this plant, as I understand ...

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April 06, 2021
Confusion over Eleuthera emergency orders

MANY residents left Eleuthera yesterday without having to show proof that they had a negative COVID-19 PCR test result despite last week's change to the COVID-19 Emergency Order making this a requirement for travel.

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May 19, 2020
13 arrested on Eleuthera

A day after Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis expressed disappointment over some Eleuthera residents holding a “motorcade”, police announced yesterday that 13 people were arrested for “breaking the COVID-19 curfew”.

“I must say that I am extremely disappointed with the behavior of those in South Eleuthera who…engaged in a…motorcade on Friday,” said Minnis in a national address.

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May 13, 2020
Reverse Osmosis Facility Starts Producing Potable Water for North Eleuthera

The Water & Sewerage Corporation (WSC) commenced production of water at its newest reverse osmosis facility, today, May 11, 2020 in North Eleuthera...

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February 07, 2020
Minister Dames Visits P.A. Gibson Primary in Eleuthera

Minister of National Security the Hon. Marvin Dames and a law-enforcement delegation on a walkabout in Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera, on January 30, 2020, paid an impromptu visit to the P. A. Gibson Primary School...

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February 03, 2020
Minister Dames Greets National Neighbourhood Watch, Eleuthera Branch, Stakeholders

Minister of National Security the Hon. Marvin Dames, led a delegation to Eleuthera, on January 30, 2020, where they interacted with local Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) officers, civic leaders and neighbourhood watch stakeholders in Governor's Harbour and Hatchet Bay. Among those with the Minister were Permanent Secretary Eugene Poitier; Dr. Jennifer Bethel of the Ministry’s Research and Deve...

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December 27, 2018
WSC Officials Toured Water Plan at Old Naval Base in Eleuthera

Officials of the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) inspected the water plant at the site of the former US Navy Experimental Facility in Eleuthera, Friday, December 21, 2018...

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October 19, 2018
Statement Release-Cabinet Office on Lighthouse Point

The Lighthouse Point Development has been the subject of considerable public discussion, particularly in recent months...The National Economic Council considered the matter today, 19 October, and approved the proposal submitted by Disney Cruise Line Island Development Ltd...

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January 26, 2015
Eleuthera Students Join Protection of the Kirtland Warbler Initiative

Students throughout South Eleuthera were in for a wild treat last week, as Bahamas National Trust (BNT) Education Officer, Scott Johnson traveled across the island to teach them about the Kirtland?s Warbler...

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April 03, 2017
ALIV Sponsors Eleuthera All That Jazz Festival

ALIV was one of the sponsors of the Eleuthera All That Jazz Festival March 29 through April 2. The event aimed to promote The Bahamas, with a particular focus on the island of Eleuthera as a cultural tourist location...

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March 20, 2017
Eleuthera's Centre for Training and Innovation Showcase their First Year's Accomplishment

Proactive steps to reverse a high employment rate that reaches up to 70% in some areas, strengthen a workforce that is largely unskilled, and decrease a poverty rate that is a little over 20%, are strong commitments embraced by three non-profit organizations...

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